Blue Jays said:
Hi TexasSIGman-
I took a look at the unique Goblin at the
Camelbak web site. It would be great if they showed an exploded view along with where the handgun was affixed. Does the gun need to be accessed via one of the zippers or is there a Velcro breakaway on it someplace? I too like the use of low-key blue nylon to make it very mall-friendly and "pedestrian" in appearance. Very cool.
~ Blue Jays ~
It's hard to describe but I will try. Also hard to take a photo of, I tried that a while back too. It's all dull black velcro in there so nothing reflects light to take a picture of it.
There is a velcro pull away 2/3 of the way around. There is a handle inside the belt, and a handle on the exterior of the thing. That gray handle on top in the picture is the outside one. There is a panel inside of the belt, closest to the hip, that is covered in all velcro. The thing comes with a rigid holster big enough for my 1911, but also fits my S&W 329 and Sig239 too, pretty variable. The holster attaches to the belt directly, making for a pretty rigid setup if the belt is tight.
This holster comes with 2 velcro straps that could be used as hammer straps or, what i did, to hold an extra mag or 2. You can adjust this holster to pretty much any angle you want. I could even see crossdraw, but I haven't tried it yet.
To use this you grab the inside strap with your weak hand and the exterior strap with your strong hand. yank down with the strong hand and the whole pouch, water bag, etc drops down and you have exposed a holster on your belt. Draw from there. I practiced it a good while at the range and it's pretty fast once you get the hang of it. The holster is a hold open so you can re-holster if needed also, which is nice.
I intend to try crossdraw. I am thinking it might actually be quicker to have your strong hand on the inside strap, then go to the gun for the cross draw. Just need to play with it at the range.
Haven't played with drawing from behind. I guess that would work, but it doesn't seem like a good idea to me.
By the way, it sounds like I work for Camelbak hah hah, but I don't. I just spent a ridiculous amount of time looking for a solution, and I think this is a VERY good one. I've pissed away hundreds of dollars looking for something like this or trying to make one, then Camelbak came out with this and it did exactly what I wanted.
